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Woman bans boyfriend's kids from family Christmas: 'Awkward'
A woman has been savaged online after she explained why she did not want her boyfriend's two children to join her family for Christmas.
Posting to Reddit to find out if she was in the wrong, the woman explained she and her boyfriend had been dating for 11 months and his children are aged 11 and seven. She had invited her boyfriend to spend Christmas with her family, which is the second time he has met them.
"I suggested that since this is his first Christmas with my family he might be feeling a little stressed and having the kids there too might not be the best idea," she wrote.
"I suggested that he let them spend Christmas with their mum while he attend my family Christmas alone."
She said her boyfriend took offence to the suggestion and claimed she was "hiding" and "excluding" his children from her family.
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"I explained not wanting to expose the kids to any awkward moment there between him and my family since it's the first holiday they spend together and they don't know him that much," she said.
"He got upset and he felt sad for the kids because of my suggestion and told me it's his turn to have them this year and he will not spend it away from them.
"We began to argue and he didn't take my suggestion well. I told him it was just a suggestion but he told me to stop trying to 'justify' my actions."
She added her boyfriend later texted and "lectured" her about how her suggestion hurt him.
"I was just trying to make sure he will be comfortable around my family," she concluded.
People however did not sympathise with the woman and many claimed she was in the wrong.
"[She's] going to learn a really hard lesson in her relationship, and that is 'you're not the most important person to me'," one said.
"Kids will always take priority, as they should. They are a non-negotiable package deal and if you're in a relationship with someone with kids you have to learn they'll always come first."
Another claimed Christmas was not a time parents wanted to be away from their children.
"If it was really about being considerate of the boyfriend it wouldn't have turned into a fight because [she] would've backed off once the boyfriend said being separated from his kids wasn't an option," one commented.
"Not to mention the kids will feel unwanted and abandoned by dad," another fired back.
"His kids would really feel loved to have their dad decline to have them for Christmas so he could go with the girlfriend to her family celebration. Not a great way to bond with his kids. Especially if you had anything to do with his divorce," a third claimed.
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